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Table 2 Some reasons for delivering at home and home delivery practices among mothers who delivered at home

From: Why mothers still deliver at home: understanding factors associated with home deliveries and cultural practices in rural coastal Kenya, a cross-section study

Characteristics (N = 103)

N (%)

Why did you deliver at home?

 

   Onset of labor before the expected date

33 (32)

   Hospital is too far

12 (12)

   Home delivery is easy & convenient

11 (11)

   All my previous deliveries were at home

9 (8.7)

   Worries about cost in the hospital

8 (7.8)

   Missing

30 (29)

Where exactly at home did you deliver?a

 

   In a room

47 (46)

   Inside the house

44 (43)

   Outside the house

7 (6.9)

   On the way

4 (3.9)

Who assisted or attended to you during delivery?b

 

   Mother-in-law

29 (28)

   Mother

19 (18)

   Traditional birth attendant

18 (17)

   Neighbour

10 (9.7)

   No attendant

10 (9.7)

   Other family members

6 (5.8)

   Skilled birth attendant

5 (4.9)

In what position did you deliver?

 

   Lying down

43 (42)

   Squatting

29 (28)

   Kneeling

19 (18)

   Others /Standing/Missing

12 (12)

What was the surface of delivery?b

 

   Clean washed cloth/surface

49 (48)

   On unwashed cloth/surface

26 (25)

   On the ground

22 (21)

Health facility factors made you deliver at home?c

 

   Distance

56 (54)

   Health workers attitudes

20 (19)

   Cost

12 (12)

  1. a-1 missing record, b-6 missing records, c-15 missing records